The Cultural Politics of Dirt in Africa – 1880-present

Nairobi markets

Job, one of our team based in Kenya sent us this photo. I’ll let him tell you about it in his own words:

“I took this photo recently in Nairobi near Marikiti market…one of the largest and dirtiest market in Nrb. The roads are impassable. The young men in this photograph wipe pedestrian’s muddy shoes for a fee. Note that they have a bucket with water, a cloth and a stone where a pedestrian would place his/her shoe to be wiped.”